How Committing to Retiring Rich Can Make it a Reality
By Stephen Sutherland, author of Liquid Millionaire.Posted in the Category of Psychology of Investing, Wealth Building on 7th April, 2009.
Tags: commitment, financially free, retire rich.
If I were to tell you that, despite all of the current financial doom and gloom, it is completely within your power to retire rich, would you want to know more?
I am a firm believer in the power of commitments and today I want to show you how, by simply developing the correct mental attitude, it is possible to achieve wealth beyond your wildest dreams.
Make the Commitment
When starting off on the journey to retire rich, it all begins with making a commitment.
Commitments are powerful. In the Oxford Dictionary of English, it says that a commitment is “a dedication to a cause.” And when you are truly dedicated to a cause, when the going gets tough, which it will, you stubbornly refuse to throw in the towel.
And it’s that very resolute attitude that is needed to ensure you keep on going when life throws at you countless challenges, problems and obstacles. When committed to retiring Financially Free, you never give up no matter what. You embrace the challenges, you solve the problems and you go around or over the obstacles. And by making your determined behaviour a deeply ingrained habit, you eventually become unstoppable.
Have you made a commitment that you are going to make it, no matter what happens?
To make a commitment, it has to start with a decision.
And as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
Once you have made the all important, never go back decision–that one day you will be Financially Free–your next step is to take complete and utter responsibility for making that goal a reality.
When you are responsible, there is no blaming, complaining or finger pointing.
You decide that the goal is down to you and you alone. And once you have made the decision that you are responsible, great things will start to happen. Your outlook on life will change dramatically.
You will develop an attitude of, if this is going to happen, it is down to me and me alone.
Soon I will examine in more detail how a positive and committed approach can pay massive dividends, with tips and advice for you to apply to your own, personal situation. So if you are seriously committed to becoming Financially Free make sure you don’t miss it.
In the mean time if you have any questions about how committing to your financial goals can help to make you rich, please feel free to contact myself or a member of my team for a chat. As always you have my word that there will be no selling, no jargon, just the facts.
Your friend,
Stephen Sutherland
The UK’s Leading Authority in ISA Trend Investing and Author of Liquid Millionaire
